Moesta Et Errabunda (grieving And Wandering) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBA CCCCC BCACB DEDFD CCCCC CFCFC G ABCBA HIBIH BCAJB CKLBC CCCFC CACCC J B MBMBM JCJCJ CCCCC CBCBC LCLCL CNCNC O B PFPFP CGCGC CCCC LBLBL FCFCF CFCFC F B BCBCB JCJCJ BCBCB CKCKC CFCFC CJCJC CDis moi ton coeur parfois s'envole t il Agathe | A |
Loin du noir oc an de l'immonde cit | B |
Vers un autre oc an o la splendeur clate | B |
Bleu clair profond ainsi que la virginit | B |
Dis moi ton coeur parfois s'envole t il Agathe | A |
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La mer la vaste mer console nos labeurs | C |
Quel d mon a dot la mer rauque chanteuse | C |
Qu'accompagne l'immense orgue des vents grondeurs | C |
De cette fonction sublime de berceuse | C |
La mer la vaste mer console nos labeurs | C |
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Emporte moi wagon enl ve moi fr gate | B |
Loin loin ici la boue est faite de nos pleurs | C |
Est il vrai que parfois le triste coeur d'Agathe | A |
Dise Loin des remords des crimes des douleurs | C |
Emporte moi wagon enl ve moi fr gate | B |
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Comme vous tes loin paradis parfum | D |
O sous un clair azur tout n'est qu'amour et joie | E |
O tout ce que l'on aime est digne d' tre aim | D |
O dans la volupt pure le coeur se noie | F |
Comme vous tes loin paradis parfum | D |
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Mais le vert paradis des amours enfantines | C |
Les courses les chansons les baisers les bouquets | C |
Les violons vibrant derri re les collines | C |
Avec les brocs de vin le soir dans les bosquets | C |
Mais le vert paradis des amours enfantines | C |
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L'innocent paradis plein de plaisirs furtifs | C |
Est il d j plus loin que l'Inde et que la Chine | F |
Peut on le rappeler avec des cris plaintifs | C |
Et l'animer encor d'une voix argentine | F |
L'innocent paradis plein de plaisirs furtifs | C |
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Grieving and Wandering | G |
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Tell me does your heart sometimes fly away Agatha | A |
Far from the black ocean of the filthy city | B |
Toward another ocean where splendor glitters | C |
Blue clear profound as is virginity | B |
Tell me does your heart sometimes fly away Agatha | A |
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The sea the boundless sea consoles us for our toil | H |
What demon endowed the sea that raucous singer | I |
Whose accompanist is the roaring wind | B |
With the sublime function of cradle rocker | I |
The sea the boundless sea consoles us for our toil | H |
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Take me away carriage Carry me off frigate | B |
Far far away Here the mud is made with our tears | C |
Is it true that sometimes the sad heart of Agatha | A |
Says Far from crimes from remorse from sorrow | J |
Take me away carriage carry me off frigate | B |
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How far away you are O perfumed Paradise | C |
Where under clear blue sky there's only love and joy | K |
Where all that one loves is worthy of love | L |
Where the heart is drowned in sheer enjoyment | B |
How far away you are O perfumed Paradise | C |
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But the green Paradise of childhood loves | C |
The outings the singing the kisses the bouquets | C |
The violins vibrating behind the hills | C |
And the evenings in the woods with jugs of wine | F |
But the green Paradise of childhood loves | C |
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That sinless Paradise full of furtive pleasures | C |
Is it farther off now than India and China | A |
Can one call it back with plaintive cries | C |
And animate it still with a silvery voice | C |
That sinless Paradise full of furtive pleasures | C |
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Translated by William Aggeler | J |
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Moesta et Errabunda | B |
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Agatha does your heart rise up and fly | M |
Far from the city's black and sordid sea | B |
Towards a sea that's blue as any sky | M |
And clear and deep as pure virginity | B |
Agatha does your heart rise up and fly | M |
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The sea the mighty sea consoles our labour | J |
What demon taught the sea with raucous verse | C |
To choir the organ which the winds belabour | J |
And lullaby our sorrows like a nurse | C |
The sea the mighty sea consoles our labour | J |
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Train bear me take me ship to other climes | C |
Far far For here the mud is made of tears | C |
Does Agatha's sad heart not say at times | C |
'Far from remorses sorrows crimes and fears | C |
Train bear me take me ship to other climes' | C |
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How distant is that perfumed paradise | C |
Where all is joy and love with azure crowned | B |
Where all one loves is truly worth the price | C |
And hearts in pure voluptuousness are drowned | B |
How distant is that perfumed paradise | C |
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But the green paradise of childish love | L |
Of races songs and kisses and bouquets | C |
Of fiddles shrilling in the hills above | L |
And jars of wine and woods and dying rays | C |
But the green paradise of childish love | L |
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innocent paradise of furtive joys | C |
Is it far off as India or Hong Kong | N |
Could it be conjured by a plaintive voice | C |
Or animated by a silver song | N |
That far off paradise of furtive joys | C |
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Translated by Roy Campbell | O |
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Moesta Et Errabunda | B |
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Agatha tell me thy heart does it sometimes fly away | P |
Far from the vast dark ocean of the mournful town | F |
Toward one still vaster mirroring the blue blue day | P |
Mindless and deep a flood wherein all sorrows drown | F |
Agatha tell me thy heart does it sometimes fly away | P |
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The sea the enormous sea has rest for our desires | C |
By what demoniac irony can that fierce thing | G |
That raucous howler to the winds' untuneful choirs | C |
Assuage our deepest woe with its wild clarnouring | G |
The sea the enormous sea has rest for our desires | C |
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Carry me off loud trains Abstract me silent ships | C |
Far far Here even the earth is miry with our tears | C |
Is it not true that sometimes Agatha's sweet lips | C |
Murmur 'Far from regrets from griefs from cruel fears | C |
Carry me off loud trains Abstract me silent ships ' | - |
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How far how far away that paradise above | L |
Wbere all our ills supposedly are put to rest | B |
Where everything we love is worthy of our love | L |
And the unburdened heart lies weightless in the breast | B |
How far how far away that paradise above | L |
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But the green earthly paradise of childhood even | F |
The songs the furtive kisses the dances the bouquets | C |
The picnics on the hillside that unpretentious heaven | F |
Of summer twilights where a distant music plays | C |
But the green earthly paradise of childhood even | F |
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Where all our cares are mended in small secret joys | C |
Is it already farther than Shanghai or Ceylon | F |
Or has the heart some kingdom no suffering destroys | C |
Where those young voices laugh where those old tunes play on | F |
Where all our cares are mended in small secret joys | C |
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Translated by George Dillon | F |
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Moesta et errabunda | B |
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say Agatha dost thou in dreams delight | B |
far far from Paris black and miry sea | C |
to rove where other oceans burst in light | B |
blue deep and crystal clear as chastity | C |
say Agatha dost thou in dreams delight | B |
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the vast vast ocean is our comforter | J |
what demon gave the hoarse resounding sea | C |
and the gruff winds' great organ made for her | J |
that siren voice to soothe our misery | C |
the vast vast ocean is our comforter | J |
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bear me away swift car and frigate smart | B |
afar afar this mire is made of tears | C |
Agatha truly does thy mournful heart | B |
cry out afar from sin remorse and fears | C |
bear me away swift car and frigate smart | B |
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how far from us that fragrant Eden lies | C |
where all is azure clear and love and joy | K |
where all we loved was worthy in love's eyes | C |
where hearts were drowned in bliss without alloy | K |
how far from us that fragrant Eden lies | C |
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but the green Eden of our earliest loves | C |
songs roses races with a kiss to win | F |
the jugs of wine at dusk in shadowy groves | C |
where died afar a quivering violin | F |
but the green Eden of our earliest loves | C |
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our Eden of pure tremulous joy and bliss | C |
is it now farther than the Asian shore | J |
can tears or cries recall each magic kiss | C |
or prayers or silvery words some eve restore | J |
our Eden of pure tremulous joy and bliss | C |
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Translated by Lewis Piaget Shanks | C |
Charles Baudelaire
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